Is Certificate issued by CA valid - verify online?
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has informed that with a view to strengthening the process of certification being issued by chartered accountants, they have hosted a link http://220.227.161.82/locm.asp on ICAI website, to enable anyone to seek confirmation to the effect that certificate received by him has been issued by a member of the Institute holding full time Certificate of Practice (i.e. a member authorized to issue such a certificate). This will ensure that none of the authorities act on the certificates issued either by non members or members not holding Certificate of Practice.
DGFT wants all the RAs to make use of the above facility to confirm about the membership of the chartered accountants.
DDT has verified the site and found that if you feed in the CA's Membership number, you get the details about his membership in the Institute.
DGFT Policy Circular No. 23/2009-2014 Dated: February 9, 2010